The grumpy thread

[HillmanImp]

Does Petrol not evaporate a lot faster than water? Everytime I have got fuel all over me it does seem to dry really quickly. Dont try and burn it off like a mate of mine did as you will be in hospital with a burnt groin.

 

In other news, wifey's Mazda 2 would not lock last night. Was pressing the fob and nothing was happening. The doors were all shut but the little indicator on the dash said one of the passenger side doors was open. It was well shut and there was nothing hanging out of the car etc that might make it think it was open.

 

I thought its just playing silly buggers, I will lock it the old fashioned way with a key. Sadly the car thought it knew better and still refused to lock the doors despite me turning the key telling it to lock.

 

Therefore we simply had to leave the car unlocked all night. I told her that when she was on the way into work this morning she should put the blowers on full whack in the car to try and defrost anything that might have been frozen causing the problem. It seems to have worked and it locked when she got to work.

 

However my grump is why could I not over-ride the car? Why did it decide it knew better than me? Fair enough having a warning light saying that there is a door open but then deciding it was right and I was wrong? What a smug prick.

[beko1987]

When I used to brim the Puma up in the summer the petrol cap fused itself on tight, so you're probably right there. Nearly snapped the only key I had several times on that POS. I can't afford to do that now anyway. £50 gives me 3/4 a tank which lasts, and puts the meriva to the top of the gague but no fuel in the neck. I won't do it in future given the example above!

 

Although you'd think I;d have learnt from the 206, it had a hole somewhere above the 3/4 full part of the tank, so derv used to piss straight back out. Flooded the esso in marlow's forecourt finding out, and the lad behind the till just said 'chuck a bucket of sand over it'. When I said it might need about 7 buckets he paid more of an interest, so we waited about 10 minutes for him so I could help, he didn't show up so I buggared off. Only put in £40 at a time from then on!

 

Cort - Genius!! If it ever happens again I'll do that!

[beko1987]

Does Petrol not evaporate a lot faster than water? Everytime I have got fuel all over me it does seem to dry really quickly. Dont try and burn it off like a mate of mine did as you will be in hospital with a burnt groin.

 

It evaporated quickly, but the smell remained. I had to hang my trousers out the window in a carrier bag for the drive home (heavily pregnant, moany, always-feeling-sick SWMBO wouldn't let me throw them away as it would be a waste, but wouldn't allow them in the car... )

[cort16]

I had to hang my trousers out the window in a carrier bag for the drive home (

 

The lock thing is usually because one of the locks is giving too much resitance so it pops the locks back up.

My Alfa did this for and I eventually had to replace the lock mechanism in the drivers door although I could feel that the lock wouldn't physically turn even with the key in the lock. Does it turn freely?

[autofive]

but its winter

 

did you not notice that ?

 

Of course. I should have realised. I'm sure he only fills his car up in the depths of winter. Silly me.

 

why not re-post your thoughts in summer

 

 

we will have forgotten by then and your expert advice will be vital

[HillmanImp]

Does it turn freely?

 

Yeah, it was turning okay I think it was just having a HAL moment. Hopefully wont do it again and if it does it would be better if it was not 11pm when its freezing cold and I am pissed. Not arseing around with lock mechanisms on pissy Mazdas anyway. I have enough of my own cars to avoid working on without worrying about electronic gubbins on throwaway plastic cars.

[messerschmitt owner]

I tend to find that driving my car straight after brimming it removes the need to worry about fuel pissing out due to it expanding, whether it is winter, spring, summer or fall!

[sporty-shite]

I tend to find that driving my car straight after brimming it removes the need to worry about fuel pissing out due to it expanding, whether it is winter, spring, summer or fall!

 

Autumn. You are NOT in America.

[Lukas]

Spent the whole week in my flat because of a nasty bronchitis and the neighbours in the flat over mine are driving my crazy!

 

They (young couple, students) are arguing the whole day, crying, shouting at each other, stomping on the floor and such nasty things. Sadly, this house is a cheap built 1970s shite-house, so I am able to hear everything through the paperthin walls.

 

At night I do not hear them because I only sleep with earplugs anymore because of them but now that I am at home the whole day, it´s really getting me angry! Mrs. Lukas (she hates earplugs) told me last night they argued for about an hour, after that they started to re-arrange their furniture. At 3am!!!

 

Since I live here (2 years), I´ve been up there 3 times to complain and tell them to be a bit more quiet, at least at night. Helped for a few days, then the memory is gone. I´m annoyed. Now more than ever because I´m sick. Moving away in summer 2014. Counting the days!

 

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[messerschmitt owner]

I tend to find that driving my car straight after brimming it removes the need to worry about fuel pissing out due to it expanding, whether it is winter, spring, summer or fall!

 

Autumn. You are NOT in America.

it's the lyric from a song by Carole King...

[sporty-shite]

I tend to find that driving my car straight after brimming it removes the need to worry about fuel pissing out due to it expanding, whether it is winter, spring, summer or fall!

 

Autumn. You are NOT in America.

it's the lyric from a song by Carole King...

 

Ah yes. Let you off, then.

[Spiny Norman]

it's the lyric from a song by Carole King...

 

..or James Taylor, depending on your old shite record collection...

Must say I'm surprised by all this talk of 'filling up'. I'd have thought the true shite-ist still bought petrol by the fiver.

It's been years since I've troubled the top quarter of my car's fuel gauge.

[Bobthebeard]

'Spring' 2013 so far....

Making everyone grumpy. WTF? Stop raining/snowing/freezing now. Come back in November.

[willswitchengage]

Discovering that the car insurance company that I chose due to professing to have British call centres does not not in fact have British call centres.

[Pillock]

I do it to the first click. For some reason, Ford didn't think a proper filler cap was a good idea for a Focus, so it just has this spring flappy thing. Fill it too far and the first left hand bend you get to sees a tenner's worth of fuel down the side of the car.

 

First time I used one of the cars at work I thought someone had pinched the cap but they're all the same, and so is mine. It also doesn't lock the exterior flap so I wonder exactly how many seconds someone could take syphoning out all my fuel.

[Bobthebeard]

Discovering that the car insurance company that I chose due to professing to have British call centres does not not in fact have British call centres.

 

I wonder if the reverse is true? Do some Indian insurance companies have British call centres? Of course they don't. But can you imagine the conversations?

Rajhit... I am wanting a quote for my sisters Hindustani one litre car please.

Shaz.... Thank you sir, can I put you on hold for a moment?

Rajhit.... No no no, I am not wanting to listen to music, I am wanting a insurance quote please

Shaz.... Ok sir, I will transfer you now....( 35 minutes of Justin Bieber )

Shaz.... Hello Mrs Twemelow, am transferring you now

Rajhit.... No no no, my name is Rajhit

Shaz.... Sorry Mrs Smythe, could you tell me the first line of your address, and postcode

Rajhit... Hello.... My name is Rajhit Singh, address is..

Shaz... Sorry Mr Ballsak, could you please repeat your postcode?

Etc.... Possibly the same shite all over the world?

[Cavcraft]

I don't know what you're moaning about. I had to ring HP today and spoke to three separate Geordies (or Mackems, or whatever) and wished I'd been on the line to someone in India as I'd have understood them better!

[Tayne]

I don't know what you're moaning about. I had to ring HP today and spoke to three separate Geordies (or Mackems, or whatever) and wished I'd been on the line to someone in India as I'd have understood them better!

 

 

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Can someone tell me what that southerner said, please.

I can't understand a word of it.

[Ben_L]

Got to drive the Fiesta from Cambridge to Chepstow and back tomorrow morning... I've been awake since 1200 today and am on a night shift until 0630 tomorrow morning then straight off to Chepstow. Gr4

 

What's the likelihood of the Fiesta actually making it without a fuss?

[TimothyClaypole]

Ebay... I have things for sale with no bids so far (example a £180 sink for £50) yet I bid on something second hand that's FAULTY and it sells for £52.30 when a new one is £65.00

 

 

I must stink of BO on Ebay or something.

[Rod/b]

Has your sink got 20p stuck in it?

 

My grump is - moving house today. Thing is, i don't really want to. I really like it here but they've just put the rent up quite a bit and the compound manager is being a right twat about fixing my a/c so i've not really got a choice.

[loserone]

I don't know what you're moaning about. I had to ring HP today and spoke to three separate Geordies (or Mackems, or whatever) and wished I'd been on the line to someone in India as I'd have understood them better!

 

Depending on where you're talking about, you probably mean the office in Peterlee. When I worked there, they took on a load of local apprentices, and I couldn't understand them myself despite having lived all my life about 15 miles away. I couldn't imagine how they were going to be able to help anyone over the phone, but they received some excellent feedback from those london-types we supported.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitmatic

 

Today's grump? It's a little bit windy, but SPC purchasing is further delayed due to snow in the south.

[John F]

Bloody Windows automatic updates.

 

I've been using IE8 as an Internet browser (and before anyone starts: I've tried others, e.g. Chrome, Safari, etc. but I'm just not keen on them).

 

I was reasonably happy with it, and I'd got it set up exactly as I wanted it to be.

 

Cue a Windows automatic update, which installed IE10 WITHOUT FUCKING ASKING ME. And what a pile of steaming underdeveloped shit it is .

 

It was messing with my autoshite experience© in two ways:

 

- Misspelt words (or words that aren't in the dictionary like chod, badermatic, giffer, etc.) were underlined in red - a feature I finally managed to turn off after trawling the net for about 30 mins.

- Recently-visited threads were not being marked as such, i.e. marked in grey rather than red. No solution to this problem was found.

 

So fuck it. Update reversed, I'm back on IE8

[John F]

Bloody Windows automatic updates.

 

I've been using IE8 as an Internet browser (and before anyone starts: I've tried others, e.g. Chrome, Safari, etc. but I'm just not keen on them).

 

I was reasonably happy with it, and I'd got it set up exactly as I wanted it to be.

 

Cue a Windows automatic update, which installed IE10 WITHOUT FUCKING ASKING ME. And what a pile of steaming underdeveloped shit it is .

 

It was messing with my autoshite experience© in two ways:

 

- Misspelt words (or words that aren't in the dictionary like chod, badermatic, giffer, etc.) were underlined in red - a feature I finally managed to turn off after trawling the net for about 30 mins.

- Recently-visited threads were not being marked as such, i.e. marked in grey rather than red. No solution to this problem was found.

 

So fuck it. Update reversed, I'm back on IE8

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Ten minutes ago I had TWO good shirts. Only TWO shirts I could wear outside without looking like a tramp. I have dozens of 'knockabout' shirts.

 

Now I have ONE good shirt. Because NATURALLY when thinning paint at ten to midnight you'd wear one of the new ones, right?

 

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Ten minutes ago I had TWO good shirts. Only TWO shirts I could wear outside without looking like a tramp. I have dozens of 'knockabout' shirts.

 

Now I have ONE good shirt. Because NATURALLY when thinning paint at ten to midnight you'd wear one of the new ones, right?

 

[Negative Creep]

Ebay sellers who say they can't combine postage, which they have a right to do, but then send them both in one pack for effectively half the price. Worthy of neutral feedback I think

[Negative Creep]

Ebay sellers who say they can't combine postage, which they have a right to do, but then send them both in one pack for effectively half the price. Worthy of neutral feedback I think

[shedvan]

Hubris.

[shedvan]

Hubris.